Using a faceless doll criminal reenacts a brutal crime. But surprisingly he is not the one being judged. There seems to be an odd one out in the investigative group. The film premiered in the Berlinale Short competition programme.
Direction
Bareiša weaponizes off-screen space.
Acting
Markevičius's hands do the confessing.
Writing
13 minutes, one reversal, zero relief.
Director
Laurynas Bareiša
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bareiša shot this between festival prep for his feature 'Pilgrims' — the precision of his blocking comes from documentary background.
Berlinale programmers reportedly debated which competition section could handle its indictment of masculine 'allyship' — Shorts won because it refuses feature-length comfort.
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